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Furbush and Roszkowski Join ECCOgen Board
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 9, 2007 – ECCOgen, a leading provider of reloadable prepaid cards for the K-12 schools, today announced Douglas E. Furbush III, CEO of Affinity Marketing Group and James J. Roszkowski, a financial services industry veteran, joined its board of directors.
"Doug and Jim are great business leaders with deep knowledge of affinity programs and the financial services industry. We are fortunate to have them join our board," said Michael Ferguson, co-founder and managing partner of ECCOgen.
Mr. Furbush and Mr. Roszkowski bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to ECCOgen's board. Mr. Furbush is a 20-year veteran in marketing products and services to associations and affinity groups. Before joining AMG, Mr. Furbush founded and served as president of Trans National Communications, Inc., which sells telecom services to the affinity group marketplace. He has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Trans National Group Services, Inc., a $250 million multinational affinity marketing company.
Mr. Roszkowski is a business leader and senior executive with a significant record of launching new business and entrepreneurial ventures within Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Roszkowski was a senior executive vice president and senior operating committee member of MBNA America for nearly 17 years. Jim and a colleague developed the first University Prepaid VISA card at Georgetown University "Hoyas VISA card". He has also served in key management positions with Chase Manhattan Bank and Visa USA.
About ECCOgen
ECCOgen is a leading provider of reloadable prepaid cards for students in K-
12 private schools throughout North America. The ECCOgen Campus Card is
a unique prepaid program that allows schools to move towards a cashless
campus, giving students a versatile and secure means to make purchases on
their school's campus, and parents can load funds online and review
purchases. The ECCOgen reloadable prepaid VISA Card addresses the
young adults need to make purchases at retailers, restaurants, gas stations,
and online without having to rely on cash or the need to "borrow" a reluctant
parent's credit card.
ECCOgen is a brand name of privately held Mall Teen Cards, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.
3661 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 - (415) 353-5371 - www.eccocard.com
